Community Corner

POLL: Is the City's Sale of the Old Kent Hotel Worth the Cost?

The city agreed to sell the property for $400,000 to Acorn Alley developer Ron Burbick after paying $735,000 for the building Friday

Kent residents seem divided on yesterday's news that Kent City Council agreed to to developer Ron Burbick.

The city agreed to sell it to the Acorn Alley developer for $400,000 — $335,000 less than what the city paid for it just days earlier.

In a previous Kent Patch poll, the majority of readers said .

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Do you think the city will get its money back once the old Kent hotel is redeveloped?

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